LONDON: Police in the UK are hunting a masked man who carried out an arson attack on the family home of an imam in northern England. Hassan Patel, principal for Islamic education at the Taiyabah Masjid in Bolton, released a security camera video showing the terrifying moment the front of his house was covered in flames. A masked man is seen starting a fire outside the home before smashing a window and spraying flammable liquid inside. The daylight attack on Wednesday evening came amid a recent surge in far-right unrest in the UK fueled by anti-immigration rhetoric.

CCTV shows a masked man attacking an imam's family home in Bolton where he lives with his wife, four young children, and nephew

Horrifying footage shows the man lighting a fire in front of the house before smashing a front window and spraying the flames inside with a can of propellant.